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The Gabriel García Library is no ordinary library. From the outside it looks like a huge, white stack of books and that is precisely the idea at the self-styled ‘Cathedral of books.’ Inside, the red spruce finish throughout gives it a clean, airy, feel which helps make it seem like a pleasant place to enjoy books. On the fourth floor, a huge window opens to reveal a large wall of vegetation outside. One woman is sprawled in a hammock enjoying a book, while a child is lolling in a big round straw seat, engrossed in a picture book. It more resembles a beach scene in a holiday resort, than a libr...
Euronews (English)
Two Just Stop Oil protesters in their 80s have broken the glass around the Magna Carta at the British Library in London. Reverend Dr Sue Parfitt, 82, and Judy Bruce, an 85-year-old retired biology teacher, entered the British Library and used a hammer and chisel to crack the enclosure around the Magna Carta - the ‘Great Charter’ that is an essential foundation for the contemporary powers of the UK Parliament. The pair glued their hands together holding a sign that read “The government is breaking the law” and could be heard saying “Is the government above the law?” They are demanding that the ...
Euronews (English)
By Srijit Das A video of a huge building engulfed in massive flames is currently being shared with a false claim that it shows how the protesters burnt down the Alcazar Library in Marseille, France. BOOM found that the video is from the Philippines where the historic Manila Central Post Office caught fire on May 21 this year. France's Marseille-based news outlet La Provence on June 30 reported that the entrance of the Alcazar library was vandalised by rioters. France has been rocked by widespread riots after a police officer fatally shot an Algerian-origin teenager Nahel M for refusing to stop...
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Oakland (United States) (AFP) - Family photos, a Public Enemy backstage pass, a weekend to-do list ("Saturday: file taxes, Sunday: chill, watch game") and unused beer vouchers from 2002: it's amazing what people leave in library books. For years, one US librarian has made a collection of the flotsam she found between the pages of borrowed titles. Now Sharon McKellar is opening her trove for visitors to the library in Oakland, California, in a special exhibition called "Found in a Library Book". "I wanted to share something that was really interesting to me that I had a feeling would be interes...
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